Above: contemplating important matters in the studio yesterday, while waiting for paint to dry.
(Image from More Things to Make, Ladybird Books, London, 1973.)

Above: more work in progress. I like making things hard for myself. Oh why buy striped or checked fabric when you can make tiny tiny checks and stripes yourself using embroidery thread?
-- AAAAAGGGHHHHH is the answer to that question.

Above: an oldie but a goodie (if I may be so immodest). Proudly moving south to the home of a rather talented lady and her little family soon. Hooray!!!

Saturday, 8 February 2014

Actually, it's not really David Hockney. It's my plywood homage to the great man. He has been painted using acrylic, and has a slightly moveable smoking arm. He is now available from the wonderful Five Boroughs in Brunswick East.

Hello Saturday! This clock is a bit of a departure from my Moby Dick sailor series but I am very happy with how it turned out. It was inspired by a 1930s tattoo and is available from Modern Times in Fitzroy, Melbourne.

Tuesday, 4 February 2014

....and a tattooed clock as well. Another in my series of arms belonging to crewmembers of the Pequod (which went in search of Moby Dick), this sailor's wife missed him but became rather impatient and sent a bird to search for him.

Sunday, 2 February 2014

Above: the lid from my favourite tin, which I bought in Newcastle sometime in the last millennium. It has the important task of holding all of my tubes of acrylic paint, and is getting rather full.

Above: my dear quilt, which I must have made some time ago now, needs mending. I am happy to replace the red ditsy floral, but can't bear to hide the 70s map fabric which I found at an op shop in Cheltenham so many years ago. If anyone out there has some of this fabric in their stash, I'd be happy to pay for it!

Hello!

This blog is both a record of my work and an attempt to contribute to the vast inspiration that thousands of other creative people have given me via the internet.
I worked for many years in the fashion industry, designing prints, textiles and developing products for children. I now work as a freelance illustrator and make a variety of work under my own name. Some of the things that I make can be found in my etsy shop and in galleries and stores around Australia.